CARDIOTONIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CARDIOTONIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARDIOTONIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARDIOTONIC is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARDIOTONIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cardiotonicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARDIOTONIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CARDIOTONIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARDIOTONIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARDIOTONIC
- CARDIOTONIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CARDIOTONIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Having a strengthening effect on the heart and its action.
Pharmacology uses cardiotonic for drugs that make the heart muscle contract with more force. It can also be a noun for such a drug, as with some plant extracts used in traditional medicine.
How CARDIOTONIC is used
Medical term, used when describing drugs or herbal preparations that act on the heart.
- The herb was valued in old remedies for its cardiotonic action.
- Doctors prescribed a cardiotonic drug to support the weakened heart.
- Researchers studied the cardiotonic properties of the plant extract.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARDIOTONIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARDIOTONIC
1 longer words begin with CARDIOTONIC.
Shorter words from the letters in CARDIOTONIC
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Common questions about CARDIOTONIC
- Is CARDIOTONIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARDIOTONIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARDIOTONIC worth?
- CARDIOTONIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARDIOTONIC mean?
- Having a strengthening effect on the heart and its action.
- What letters can be added to CARDIOTONIC?
- CARDIOTONIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CARDIOTONIC:
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